News was/is Cory meets Susan,NTC and KBP agree tapes may be aired so long as the presumption is no one really knows who is on them, and a rumored escape attempt, which Garci’s wife denies (I don’t know why anyone pays attention to Kit Tatad, they should have stopped listening to the man 20 years ago), and the President jetting for Hong Kong, and a scheduled press conference for Senator Panfilo Lacson at 10 am on Wednesday in the Manila Hotel.

At the Kapihan sa Sulo media forum Saturday, COMELEC Chair Benjamin Abalos offered this “food for thought”: The poll body finished its canvassing of votes cast in the senatorial race on May 24Ã¢â‚¬â€or five days before Garci/GaryÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s alleged conversations with the President and others began to be tapped.

Then there’s a whole slew of opinions you won’t find in the mainstream papers as they’re only published online:

Billy Esposo, who is a founding member of Copa, opines that the Americans may be up to something and we risk civil war. Rasheed Abou-Alsahm strongly believes it’s really the President on the tapes.Ricky Carandang writes an open letter to the cabinet.

In the mainstream press, Jarius Bondoc in the Star points out the irony of Senator Barbers, who once condemned Garcellano for fixing elections, appealing to the same man to fix the results in his favor. The Manila Times, which replaced Today as the content provider for abs-cbn news, has Francis Lagniton relieved the tape issue is fizzling out. Jose Abueva in an essay, appeals for his pet -isms (parliamentarism, unicameralism, federalism) as the antidote to the country’s woes.

Bloggers have added to the richness and vitality of discourse on the issue by weighing in over the past week: